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Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

Autism expert Matthew Lerner, an associate professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University, has received the 2019 Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant from the Society of...

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Kiana Lom ‘21 Writes – and Illustrates – a Novel

Not everything goes according to plan, or so Kiana Lom ‘21 found out. Born in Oceanside, New York, but raised in Costa Rica, Kiana dropped out of school in ninth grade. But she always had an interest in art and...

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With Endowed Chair in Cardiology, Ambassador Charles Gargano Helps Stony Brook Build Stronger Hearts

Throughout his career — in engineering, heavy construction and government — Ambassador Charles A. Gargano played a central role in protecting the beating heart of New York’s economy. On May 29, Stony Brook University...

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Bassem Allam Invested as Inaugural Marinetics Endowed Professor

Laurie Landeau and Robert Maze continue to support vital research at Stony Brook What does it mean to be an endowed professor? For Bassem Allam, formally invested on April 26 as the Marinetics Endowed Professor in Stony...

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Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, distinguished professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University, is one of three...

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Matthew Murphy ’20 Unlocks Puzzles in Astronomy

For URECA Summer Researcher Matthew Murphy, doing research “feels like solving puzzles.” “I’ve always loved doing that,” he said. “I’ve loved looking at things unconventionally. Every day when I sit at my...

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The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship has been created to commemorate Professor Ferguson’s tremendous legacy at Stony Brook University. The scholarship will be awarded to an engineering student from a...

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Zaynab Ubaid ’19 Blazes a Trail in Communications

Growing up in a sheltered, religiously conservative household, Stony Brook psychology major and University Scholar Zaynab Ubaid ’19 was determined to make her mark at Stony Brook. “When I enrolled, there were so many...

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Professors Chen and Essig Named SBU’s First Simons Investigators

Xiuxiong Chen, Professor of Mathematics, and Rouven Essig, Associate Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University, have been named 2019 Simons Investigators, becoming the first faculty members at the University to...

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Stony Brook University: Computer Engineering IV Ramakishnan, Associate Dean of Research (CEAS) and Professor of Computer Science and Petar Djuric, Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering received a $3M NIH grant.

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Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Stony Brook scientists have received major NIH funding to investigate a pioneering approach to fetal monitoring that could improve outcomes in the delivery room. A multi-disciplinary team led by the College of...

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Hayley Rein ’19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service

Imagine being a sophomore in college and losing your father — just a year after your mother died. That was Hayley Rein’s reality. The Stony Brook University psychology and sociology double major, who will graduate in...

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Learning to Ask for Help Launched Elle Butler Basner ’19

Sometimes it takes a little adversity to teach you how to win. This is what biochemistry and applied mathematics and statistics major Elle Butler Basner ’19 learned when she received a disappointing grade in an...

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Mechanical Engineering Students Make an Impact with ‘Go Baby Go’ Project

By Patrick O’Donnell ’19 The Stony Brook University Student Chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) strives to help students develop professionally and to familiarize students with the...

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Two Faculty Honored with Prestigious PECASE Awards

Joanna Kiryluk, PhD and Sandeep Mallipattu, MD have been named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) — the highest honor bestowed by the US government to outstanding...

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NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Stony Brook University’s RISE2 team is one of eight research teams chosen by NASA to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space exploration as part of the Solar System Exploration...

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Engineering and Medicine: A Symbiosis That Promises Real-World Miracles

A newly released report on the economic impact of Stony Brook University sets forth compelling numbers reflecting the University’s role as a catalyst for economic development and progress. Yet numbers alone can only...

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Undergraduate Researcher Emily Chen Unlocks the Secrets of Carbyne

“Research is a huge challenge for me,” says Emily Chen ’20, named July’s Researcher of the Month by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA). “I enjoy having...

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Dr. Aurora D. Pryor Becomes President of SAGES

Aurora D. Pryor, MD, was elected president of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) as part of the society’s annual meeting. Dr. Pryor’s top priorities as incoming the...

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Category - Faculty/Student Spotlights

Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

Kiana Lom ‘21 Writes – and Illustrates – a Novel

With Endowed Chair in Cardiology, Ambassador Charles Gargano Helps Stony Brook Build Stronger Hearts

Bassem Allam Invested as Inaugural Marinetics Endowed Professor

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Matthew Murphy ’20 Unlocks Puzzles in Astronomy

The David L. Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

Zaynab Ubaid ’19 Blazes a Trail in Communications

Professors Chen and Essig Named SBU’s First Simons Investigators

Scientists Awarded $3.2 Million to Improve Delivery Room Decisions

Hayley Rein ’19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service

Learning to Ask for Help Launched Elle Butler Basner ’19

Mechanical Engineering Students Make an Impact with ‘Go Baby Go’ Project

Two Faculty Honored with Prestigious PECASE Awards

NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Engineering and Medicine: A Symbiosis That Promises Real-World Miracles

Undergraduate Researcher Emily Chen Unlocks the Secrets of Carbyne

Dr. Aurora D. Pryor Becomes President of SAGES

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